Tag Mark J. Alberts

Stroke is a common and serious disorder. Each year stroke affects almost 800,000 people in the United States, at least 16 million people globally, and is the second leading cause of death in the world (see Chapter 28 ). The…

Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Each year, almost 800,000 Americans have a stroke, and between 200,000 and 500,000 have a transient ischemic attack (TIA). Data from 2020 show that about 610,000 of these strokes…